Skill: WAF
Technical Skill Set: Akamai, Cloudflare
Experience:5+ years
Date of interview: 5th September 2026
Mode of interview: Face-to-Face interview
Interview location: Chennai
Job Description:
Monitor and analyze Cloudflare WAF alerts, logs, and dashboards for advanced threat detection Perform initial triage to classify alerts into true positives and false positives Perform deep-dive analysis of web application attacks (SQL Injection, XSS, RCE, bot attacks, API abuse) Analyze WAF logs (IP, headers, URLs, payloads) to identify potential threats Validate rule triggers and policy violations against known attack patterns Firewall HA configuration and troubleshooting.



Escalate confirmed or high-risk incidents to L2/L3 teams with supporting evidence Support WAF rule tuning by identifying false positives/negatives. Execute predefined playbooks for common web attacks (SQLi, XSS, bot activity) Ensure WAF platform health, uptime, and alerting mechanisms are functioning Support onboarding of recent applications into WAF and ensure proper protection policies are applied Maintain incident documentation, ticket updates, and reporting records Coordinate with App Sec, SOC, and network teams for incident resolution and tuning Exposure to DDo S protection mechanisms and rate-limiting strategies

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